Improvement in wire-tightener for wire fence



To all whom 'it may conce/rn:

F. FANNING, 0F ATOHISON, KANSAS.

Laten Parmi No. 101,601, ma April 5,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE-TIGETENER FOR WIRE FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makin: part of thesame.

Be it known that I, R'EAKNING, of Atchison, in the county of Atchisonand in the State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wire-Tightener; following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of thisspecification. y

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of awire-tightener to be used in wire fences or any other places where itmay be desired' to stretch and tighten wires. l l

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a bottom view, and

Figure 2, a side view of my wire-tightener.

tightener consists of a body, A, having a slot,

a, extending upward a suitable distance from its bottom, and havingabove and below said slot a wing, B. These wings extend one to eachside, and the one at the lower end of the body is curved upward, and itsend forming a hook, b,.while the wing above the slot a is curveddownward, and has'a similar hook hat its end, said hook being, however,turned in the opposite direction from the hook on thelower wing.

and do hereby declare that the The upper portion of the tightener isprovided with a' hole, (l, for thc insertion of astick or lever.

The operation of my tightener is very simple. The tightencr is straddledon the wire, with a rod or stick in the hole d.- It is then turned,winding the wire around the body of thetightener, and the wire caught bythe hooks b b, and the tightener left on the wire.

When used on wire fences it should he slacked up somewhat in the fall,after' the crops 'are gathered,

so as to allow for the contraction ofthe wire in cold weather.

This tightener may be used wherever it is desired to stretch and tightenwires.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claimas new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

As an article of manufacture, a metallic wire-tighteuer made. of onepiece, and consisting of the body A, having a slot, a, in its bottom,ring d o n its top, and the upward and downward projecting wings B B,provided with hooksb b on their ends, all as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing, l have hereunto set my hand this26th day of October, 1869.

F. FANN-ING.

Witnesses:

D. Maman, J. L. Buss.

